What happens when your captain doesn’t play in FPL?

If your fantasy football captain doesn’t play during the gameweek, the vice-captain will assume control of captaincy receive the double points instead.

What happens to my FPL captain’s points if they didn’t play?

If they didn’t play, your original captain will receive 0 points, and will be automatically substituted for another player on the bench.

Selecting a vice-captain

On the FPL app, you can select both a captain and a vice-captain. Your captain is the player you think will score the most points that gameweek, and vice-captain should be the player you think is second best to the captain.